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SW:TOR to go to a F2P model
Topic Started: Jul 31 2012, 02:44 PM (361 Views)
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Have any of you seen this news yet? Several game sites have reported (and SW:TOR themselves has a very nifty announcement page - here!) that Star Wars: The Old Republic will go to a free-to-play model in August. Now players will able to play the complete story, with limited access to other features. Here is a list of the features comparison between the monthly pay and the Free-to-Play.
What do ya'll think of this hybrid F2P subscription model? I think it is an extremely intelligent way to do businees in the highly conpetitive MMO market. I think with them going to allow people to play the story, which is what BIOWARE is famous for, and then having the other features a paid-subscription is a pretty smart move.
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Yeah, I posted about this yesterday on the FB page. If I ever find the time for MMO's again, besides Battlefield 3, I may end up trying the free-to-play version. It's at the bottom of my list, however, because I still haven't gotten Diablo 3 yet.


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I read over the chart that SMN91 posted, and I think that it is a pretty sweet idea. I've always been a huge supporter of F2P, so long as it does not put people who can not pay as much as other people can at a disadvantage in things like PVP. This model seems pretty fair. I think I might even start playing it this Fall.
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Aug 1 2012, 12:39 AM
Yeah, I posted about this yesterday on the FB page. If I ever find the time for MMO's again, besides Battlefield 3, I may end up trying the free-to-play version. It's at the bottom of my list, however, because I still haven't gotten Diablo 3 yet.
Battlefield 3 is an MMO?
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I thought it was considered one. Well, it's online component, anyway. :-/


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Aug 6 2012, 03:46 AM
I thought it was considered one. Well, it's online component, anyway. :-/
No, to be an MMO the game has to have a persistent world.
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Ah, I see. Well, what would it be considered, besides FPS?


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Aug 7 2012, 12:10 AM
Ah, I see. Well, what would it be considered, besides FPS?
Nothing. You could tack on thing like action and multiplayer etc, but those aren't genres.
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Gotcha. Y'know, this reminds me. I need to sign into Battle.Net and keep my character from expiring. :O


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This move is bad and was not needed, and between this and the update 1.4 the game is starting to festering, and unfortunately probably going to ultimately die.
"I Rise, You Fall." - Optimus Prime
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